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School: Graughlough

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Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Wade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 052

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 052

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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  2. Weather-Lore

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    Old folks say if it thunders on "All Fools Day", it brings good crops of corn and How are you?. A cold May makes on one rich. When the sun goes down red in the west in the evening the following day will be very warm. Dark heavy clouds denote wet weather. If the sky is bright it is a sign of good weather. If the stars are glittering it is the sign of frost. If the stars are running and falling it is the sign of rain. There is an old woman in my house, she is about eighty years old and she told me this saying. "A rainbow in the morning is the sailor's warning, a rainbow at night is the sailor's delight.
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